Last Chance "Spartacus" - five years without a win

December 5 2006

15:29

Soccer season for Russia came to a logical conclusion. Today, the Moscow "Spartak" will hold their last match in the 2006 season. Duel of the sixth round group stage of the League of Champions "between Spartacists and Sporting Lisbon promises to be tense.

Both the club for the tour until the end lost all chances to participate in the next round of the League of Champions ". But full-time dispute they will be qualified to play in the spring phase of the UEFA Cup. She received all commands that take group stage in third place.

In the group of interest to us "in" the chances of third place significantly higher in Lviv. For this match Sporting ahead of "red and white" on three points. The "Spartacus" in the asset only two draws, while the Portuguese was the victory over Inter Milan, and also two draws.

From this it follows that the "Sporting" suit and tie today. But the visitors' blood out of his nose "need to win. In the case of winning the Russian championship silver medalists compared with lissabontsami recruited by points, and ahead of them in the results of face to face meetings. In the second round in Moscow "Spartak" played with Sporting in a draw - 1:1.

If Spartak will not be able to win today, they once again give up their European matches before the next drawing "Champions League". In addition, the Muscovites to extend its now five-year series without a win in a major tournament in Europe.

How could "Spartacus" sample of 2006, beat the Portuguese team in her home? The answer will find out after the game. In favor of the guests, said the fact that, despite the disappointing results, shown by the football team Fedotova every game was getting better and better. In games with Inter and Bayern team stumbled in its main problem, namely the implementation of chances to score.

Last Sunday, the best scorer of the championship of Russia Roman Pavlyuchenko because of problems with your back missed training his team. Participation in the game only more or less stable forward tonight under the big question. In the coming off-season, the management team to be seriously concerned with the purchase of high-quality striker. Without him in this tournament has nothing to do. Fernando Cavenaghi hopes were justified, and most likely will leave the team.

Chance in "Spartacus" at the beginning of 1 / 16 UEFA Cup is. Evidence of this and the first game, these teams took place in Moscow. "Spartacus" was obliged to beat Sporting, but finished in a draw.

Live report from the Lisbon stadium Jose Alvalade, you can watch on TV channel "RTR-Sport" at 22:45. Of the remaining matches on Tuesday, probably the most interesting matches will take place in groups "A" and «D».

In group A the situation is that the Spanish "Barcelona" can be left behind the tournament. After five matches on the second place team separates the two points. "Blue-pomegranate" to be a real battle at the "Camp Nou" in holding the second line "Bremen". German Club enough to play in a draw to secure a way out of the group.

No less interesting plot and in the group «D», which seemed lost all chances for a way out of Shakhtar Donetsk, can come into play-off tournament. To do this, the miners have to outperform on the road in crisis Greek Olympiakos and monitor broadcast match AS Roma - Valencia CF. We wish our geographical neighbors luck.